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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Robert Jan van Pelt curated exhibition opens at Koffler Centre of the Arts

The Koffler Gallery, in partnership with Swiss Architect Manuel Herz and Canadian historian and curator Robert Jan van Pelt, announce the world-premiere exhibition of The Synagogue at Babyn Yar: Turning the Nightmares of Evil into a shared Dream of Good. This international exhibition is brought together with assistance from Canadian architect Douglas Birkenshaw and through architectural photography by celebrated Dutch photographer Iwan Baan.

Robert Jan Van Pelt and Manuel Herz headshots
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

In Conversation: Manuel Herz and Robert Jan van Pelt

Join us on April 18 for a conversation with Manuel Herz, architect and Robert Jan van Pelt, curator.

The Synagogue at Babyn Yar is both a place of worship and a monument at a place with both a horrifying past and present. The site of the Holocaust’s first large-scale massacre, on 29 and 30 September 1941, is now also under threat of bomb and missile attack by the Russian Federation.

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Monday, April 17, 2023 - Monday, July 17, 2023 (all day)

The Synagogue at Babyn Yar: Turning the Nightmare of Evil into a Shared Dream of Good

The Koffler Gallery, in partnership with Swiss Architect Manuel Herz and Canadian historian and curator Robert Jan van Pelt, announce the world-premiere exhibition of The Synagogue at Babyn Yar: Turning the Nightmare of Evil into a shared Dream of Good. 

This international exhibition is brought together with assistance from Canadian architect Douglas Birkenshaw and through architectural photography by celebrated Dutch phot

3d printed clay wall
Friday, June 2, 2023 11:00 am - Monday, July 17, 2023 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Robotic Clay: New Methods in Architectural Ceramics

Robotic Clay: New Methods in Architectural Ceramics

June 2 to September 10, 2023

The exhibition will bring together academic institutions from across North America to showcase 3D-printed architectural ceramics. Combining traditional ceramic craft and robotic fabrication, the exhibition will explore how attuning emergent technologies to the unique properties of clay can create new form and spatial languages.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Adrian Hutchinson on DIALOG’s design residency

DIALOG’s design residency in honor of Tom Sutherland invited 9 students from 6 Universities across North America to take part in a 4 day design challenge set in the heart of Calgary, along the Bow River. I applied to represent the University of Waterloo with an interest in contributing to the dialogue through my research interest in how the built environment can foster socio-cultural experiences and relationships with Water.

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Monday, April 3, 2023

Metabolic Montréal claims second prize in CCA transit-oriented design competition

Congratulations to Ellie Kingsley, Nisha Bhathella, Daisy Zhang, Tuan Pham and Patricia Poiana on their second prize win in the CCA's More than transit competition! View their winning project on the CCA website.